Megachurch Pastor's Passionate Message to Christians: Your Need to Be Seen as Cool 'Must Die! | Blaze Media

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"You're never going to make Jesus so cool that everybody thinks he's cool. Once you do that he's not Christ anymore."

Pastor Matt Chandler of the Village Church in Flower Mound, Texas, delivered a tough message from the pulpit last Sunday, proclaiming that the' "incessant need" that some Christians have "to be seen as cool and relevant must die."

"That's not who we are," he said, speaking to his fellow believers. "The marginalization that occurs because we love Christ shouldn't be run from. We don't live for this life alone."

Watch Chandler's brief, yet pointed, comments below:

Post by The Village Church.

Chandler went on to say that Christians should be "counter culture to this culture" and that there's a danger in trying to make Jesus look "cool."

"You're never going to make Jesus so cool that everybody thinks he's cool. Once you do that he's not Christ anymore," he said. "He's some figment of your imagination."

[Watch TheBlaze's Jon Seidl interview Chandler earlier this year below:]

Watch Chandler's sermon in its entirety here.

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Billy Hallowell

Billy Hallowell

Billy Hallowell is the director of communications and content for PureFlix.com, whose mission is to create God-honoring entertainment that strengthens the faith and values of individuals and families. He's a former senior editor at Faithwire.com and the former faith and culture editor at TheBlaze. He has contributed to FoxNews.com, The Washington Post, Human Events, The Daily Caller, Mediaite, and The Huffington Post, among other outlets. Visit his website (billyhallowell.com) for more of his work.

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